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Sabarimala, The Sequel

The Congress and the BJP rekindle the Sabarimala issue, push the ruling LDF onto the back foot

Return Of The Native

Five years ago, Sarbananda Sonowal rose to power invoking Assamese identity. As the state goes to the polls once again, he faces the difficult task of redefining that identity in the light of the controversial new citizenship act. Also, a poll victory is no guarantee of getting back the chief minister’s chair

BJP's Brand Of Hinduism Is Like Chinese Catfish— Alien And Dangerous To Assam

Q.How is the Congress campaign different from last time?

Shadowy police

The Mumbai Police controversy highlights the need for urgent reform to free the uniformed forces from political influence

Youth icon

Udhayanidhi Stalin’s meteoric rise has put him in a strong position within a resurgent DMK

Congress and AIUDF favour foreign infiltrators

Q.Do you look at these elections differently from the previous one?

Strong on paper

Banking on strong alliance partners, the Congress is facing the assembly polls with confidence

Differential taxation is a stumbling block in making India an export hub

SKODA AUTO’S NEW mid-size SUV, Kushaq, made an international debut in India on March 18. Kushaq means king in Sanskrit. Volkswagen AG, Skoda’s parent company, is the world’s second-largest carmaker, but anything but a king in India. The group’s market share is below 2 per cent, despite selling cars in India for two decades. To recharge Indian operations, Volkswagen unveiled the India 2.0 project in 2018, with plans to bring in a brand-new product portfolio built on the localised MQBA0-IN platform. The group hopes to sell one lakh cars a year by 2025 in India and Kushaq is the first product under this project.

UNEASY ENCOUNTERS

A turf war exposes the rot in the police and the unholy nexus with politicians

Alliance arithmetic

The DMK has managed to keep its allies from 2019 together without ceding too much ground

The Name Is Khan

Meet the Kashmiri businessman who took it upon himself to give a proper burial to Covid-19 victims

Superhumans In The streets

Hyderabad's sanitation workers played multiple roles during the pandemic

India's Covid Heroes

For every Covid-19 warrior who went to battle, there was a battalion of heroes who brought succour to all and solution to pandemic-induced problems

We delivered with limited infrastructure

We delivered with limited infrastructure

We Indians realised our capabilities

The pandemic year was a time when Indian institutions and laboratories came to the fore, coming up with indigenous solutions, whether it was for developing testing kits or personal protective equipment, understanding the novel virus or creating surveillance mechanisms.

Home, help

Men and boys in Uttar Pradesh become gender equality champions to tackle rising cases of domestic violence

Veteran's battle

B.S. Yediyurappa's leadership shone through even as he fought the virus himself

Being human

A mob prevented the burial of his boss. But, Dr Pradeep Kumar fought back and proved that compassion is not heroism, but a prerequisite for being called human

For the people

How the election machinery reinvented itself ahead of the Bihar assembly polls in 2020

Against all odds

A polio-stricken anganwadi worker is at the heart of a Madhya Pradesh village's fight against Covid-19

West Bengal Out With The Old Candidates

While the Trinamool and the left seem to be phasing out old hands, the BJP has reposed its faith in strong ground-level leaders

Return call

Indian brands are making a comeback in the competitive mobile phone category. Are they good enough to take on the mighty Chinese?

LEFT & WRITE

Social activist Kobad Ghandy, jailed for a decade for his alleged Maoist leanings and activities, is finally adjusting to life outside prison. He has turned to writing, and his first book, Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir, chronicles his incredible journey

Tactical timeout

Sasikala has given up politics for now, but she could reclaim her position if the AIADMK loses the assembly elections

Pretty evil

Marvel’s WandaVision breaks the mould with a grief-stricken heroine’s acts of terror

No minor predicament

Even a small shift in minority votes can have a major effect on poll results

Corporate Ltd

Alankrita Shrivastava’s new web show touches all the right talking points but fails to hold the viewer’s attention

DARK AND DARING

The Sickle By Anita Agnihotri

Ten years seven jails five states

FRACTURED FREEDOM: A PRISON MEMOIR

CZAR OF STAR

In his gripping memoir, Peter Mukerjea sheds light on what made Star TV an industry leader under his decade-long leadership